Health workers' use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTS) to guide clinical decision making in rural dispensaries, Tanzania

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1238-1241

  Masanja, M Irene ^a   McMorrow, Meredith ^b,c   Kahigwa, Elizeus ^a   Kachur, S Patrick ^b,c   McElroy, Peter D ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMODIAQUINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; PARACETAMOL; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 79551633921     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0194     Document Type: Article

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